Confusion in the last point | Final Austrian Bundesliga 2018/2019

Originally Posted by ttopy

Ok, I watched the whole match, and this is what I found: TL,DR version: Blue player (David Serdaroglu) was doing hidden serves so illegal they were being called (including by the ref off screen on the final point). He lost 8 points total in the match. Went ballistic more than once. Red carded after his final tantrum.

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Cheers and to anyone that read this all, I hope I didn't find it boring :-)

Thank you for a fun recollection of the events :-)

I think the key here is that is always the players responsibility to ensure that the Umpires can be satisfied that the service requirements are met.
The Umpire and the Assistant Umpire did make decisions during this match, after initial warnings to both players concerning this aspect.
I believe that the Referee intervened only when behaviour became unacceptable and issued a red card accordingly to the player in blue.
It is important to remember that neither the Umpire or Assistant Umpire can issue a red card and end a match.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtpYMVt5X78

I actually watched the entire game and thought i'd make a compilation of the whole beef in this game, seems to me like David Serdaroglu was aware of that his service was fault (according to the umpires) but still he tried to pull them at critical moments such as 9-8 in the 2nd game

the guy went berserk

So in the end the player got disqualified? and the other player won?

Originally Posted by pingpongcho

So in the end the player got disqualified? and the other player won?

yes, he did. it seems the last serve was recalled from good to illegal and the point was given to the opponent. and then he got a red card for going crazy and the opponent got another point...

Can someone please explain why is the no look serve illegal, given there is no part of the serve-er blocking the view of the ball for the reciever

The serve was shielded, I wish more umpires called these serves!

The game and the world would be a better place!!

This all happened quite some time ago now but I feel it important to note that the OTTV (Austrian TT organisation) eventually overruled the decision made on match day, declaring that the third umpire had no right to overrule a service decision. Thus, the final serve did count, Serdaroglu won that point, the set and the match, the tie finished 3-3 rather than 2-4 and SG Stockerau were belatedly awarded the Austrian National league title 2018/19.

So as incredible as the scenes in the video were, the drama carried on for even longer.

http://sportreport.biz/2019/08/13/oe...-meister-2019/

This is incorrect either umpire can fault a serve.

Originally Posted by MOG

This is incorrect either umpire can fault a serve.

Yes, but in this case a THIRD umpire overruled the two match umpires.

that ending was insane lol